Reply #15: Take heart

[Mikimouse]

2 years ago, my wife's cat suddenly experiences great pain while walking and stopped moving around. We took him to our local vet and he referred us to the Vet. school associated with the local university. It turned out that he had a back injury (near his tail) that apparently happened when one of our other cats knocked over the chair in our bedroom. While they were at it, though, they also discovered that Putzin has diabetes and Addison's disease. We didn't expect him to live much longer, and in fact, the folks at the Vet. school wanted to 'put him down' right away. We decided that he would stay with us, at home, until such time as euthanasia became 'necessary'. Putzy went with my wife when she went home for Christmas, telling me as she went out the door that she had a Vet. at home that would come to her Mom's house. I admit that I said a number of prayers while they were gone, and made a sloppy mess of myself when I saw boht of them bouncing up the stairs two weeks later. He is still with us, is happy, talky, and playing with the others. The folks at the Vet. school have earned my unending ire for pushing to have him 'put down'. We are still paying for his hospitalization, but it was well worth it. we also have three others, our 'fur children'. Take heart, with proper medication, Polly should be almost as good as new; they are amazing animals.